The Turks, by their victory at Nicopolis, have discouraged the formation of future European coalitions against them.

They maintain their pressure on Constantinople, tighten their control over the Balkans, and become a greater menace to central Europe.

Europe is terrorized and Ottoman rule south of the Danube is assured; Bayezid's prestige in the Islamic world is so enhanced that he is given the title of sultan by the shadow 'Abbasid caliph of Cairo, despite the opposition of the caliph's Mamluk masters (the rulers of Egypt, Syria, and the holy cities of Mecca and Medina), who want to retain the title only for themselves.